Share

cover art for 224 - Is AI Trying to Trick Us?

All Around Science

224 - Is AI Trying to Trick Us?

Ep. 224

More episodes

View all episodes

  • 227. 227 - Cleaning Out the Mailbag

    01:07:16||Ep. 227
    On today’s episode: Can we cross the uncanny valley? Time to clean out the listener mailbag and answer some of your questions! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESCrossing the Uncanny Valley: Breakthrough in technology for lifelike facial expressions in androids - ResOUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQm5RCz9Pxchttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallowinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC6CrUZcW-AJPL - Custom Orbit Visualization ToolCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 226. 226 - Science We Missed in 2024

    51:47||Ep. 226
    On today’s episode: There’s been a huge breakthrough in HIV prevention. Move over, oxytocin, there’s a new love hormone in town! Scientists may have figured out a way to reverse the effects of lupus. This worm’s remarkable eyes may change how we envision sight. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESHIV Drug BreakthroughScience confirms it: Love leaves a mark on your brain | CU Boulder TodayScientists discover a cause of lupus and a possible way to reverse itMediterranean marine worm has developed eyes “as big as millstones" – University of CopenhagenCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 225. 225 - Holiday Magic and Belief

    01:05:48||Ep. 225
    On today’s episode: We may have gotten all of our Neanderthal DNA from a single, short-lived rendezvous. And we look into the psychology of holiday beliefs. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESStudies pin down exactly when humans and Neanderthals swapped DNAhttps://liberalarts.mercer.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/SharonTWoolleyJD2004.pdf https://uva.theopenscholar.com/files/early-development-lab/files/the_effect_of_realistic_8.pdf?preview=true https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9418217/https://www.jstor.org/stable/1132284https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2024-25574-001.pdfCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 223. 223 - Where Are All The Aliens?

    01:14:29||Ep. 223
    On today’s episode:It turns out that it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not… your uncle is still going to share that weird article he found. And we once again explore the Drake equation; could intelligent life be out there? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESPeople will share misinformation that sparks “moral outrage”https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-we-probably-wont-find-aliens-anytime-soon/https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/technosignatures-and-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence/https://cires.colorado.edu/news/potential-indicators-life-other-planets-can-be-created-labhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08724https://www.sci.news/astronomy/webb-biosignature-gas-k2-18b-12904.htmlhttps://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/biosignatures-exoplanetshttps://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/can-we-find-life/CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 222. 222 - Why Do We Cry?

    01:11:08||Ep. 222
    On today’s episode: Pandrug-resistant bacteria might be better at causing disease than we thought. Why do we cry? It doesn’t seem to be very useful… or does it? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESPandrug-resistant bacteria from the war in Ukraine are extremely pathogenic | Lund Universityhttps://time.com/4254089/science-crying/https://www.jstor.org/stable/43714978https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28831948/https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/09/07/curious-behvaior-provine/https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1135127182CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 221 - The Drake Equation

    01:12:03|
    On today’s episode: Sitting or standing at work… which one is healthier? We examine the first three variables in the Drake equation. All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESAre standing desks good for you? The answer is getting clearer.https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/53/6/dyae136/7822310?login=falsehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33813968/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Fkvtr2z8M&ab_channel=SETIInstitutehttps://www.livescience.com/space/exoplanets/there-may-be-hundreds-of-millions-of-habitable-planets-in-the-milky-way-new-study-suggestshttps://www.britannica.com/science/Drake-equationhttps://www.e-education.psu.edu/astro801/content/l12_p5.htmlhttps://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/facts/CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 220 - The Dirt Beneath Your Feet

    01:13:56|
    On today’s episode: Will Chonkus help save the climate? Dirt. What is it made of? And how did it get there? All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCEShttps://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/single-view/erster-bernsteinfund-auf-antarktischem-kontinent.html Meet Chonkus, the mutant cyanobacteria that could help sink climate change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udseIcrUxvA&t=25shttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil#Horizonshttps://iastate.pressbooks.pub/introsoilscience/chapter/parent-materials/https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSeaCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com
  • 219. 219 - Hot Springs and Terror Birds

    01:04:50||Ep. 219
    On today’s episode: Terror birds are bigger than we thought they were. And we talk about where hot springs come from! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCESFossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years agohttps://study.com/academy/lesson/video/springs-definition-formation-types.htmlhttps://hotspringslocator.com/mineral-hot-spring-typeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUA39d3_y_o&ab_channel=BBCEarthKidshttps://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2292_water.htmlhttps://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/life-in-the-extreme-terrestrial-hot-springs/https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/19/JEB245028/330705/Hot-spring-fish-live-life-on-the-edgeCREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allenhttps://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://andrewallenmusic.com